FURUNCULOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furunculosis mean? 

• FURUNCULOSIS (noun)
  The noun FURUNCULOSIS has 1 sense:

1. acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles

  Familiarity information: FURUNCULOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURUNCULOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("furunculosis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

 Context examples 

Furunculosis occurs more frequently in persons with immune systems disorders than in the general population.

(Furunculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A. solmonicida is found in freshwater and marine environments and causes furunculosis in fish and bald sea urchin disease.

(Aeromonas salmonicida, NCI Thesaurus)